EPA Buys Wind Power for Western Regional Office, Lab

Environment News Service, January, 2005

DENVER, Colorado (ENS) — --> The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is buying renewable energy certificates for its Denver Regional office and Regional Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. The purchase totals nearly seven million kilowatt-hours per year over the next three years.

EPA Region 8 was one of the first federal facilities to join the Public Service WindSource program, now known as Excel Energy. In October, 2000, EPA contracted with Public Service to purchase 100 percent wind energy for the electricity used at the Regional Lab.

"A guiding principle for EPA's activities is the use of environmental management systems which have a strong focus on energy conservation and use of renewable energy sources," said EPA Region 8 Administrator Robbie Roberts....

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